Francour leans his head over a lot for Ben, but never too close to the ears. His eyes close as he gets into the touches, and he rumbles a little with a kind of purr.

Ben scratch. Ben good.

"Ben likes to eat more than you do." Mantis doesn't even mind that kind of sweetness. It's refreshing, in its own way, to hear that level of comfort. "Spoiled, the both of you."